Survey of medical attitudes towards a "case scenario" of encephalopathy after cardiac arrest;Encuesta sobre las actitudes medicas ante un caso hipotetico de encefalopatia post-reanimacion

Medicina

Volumn 69, Issue 1 PART 2, 2009, Pages 157-162

  Doval, Hernan C ^a   Borracci, Raul A ^a   Giorgi, Mariano A ^a   Daru, Victor ^a   Tanus, Eduardo ^a   Nuñez, Carmen ^a  

^a SOCIEDAD ARGENTINA DE CARDIOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Bioethics; Death; Decision making; Intensive care; Physician

Indexed keywords

ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CARDIOLOGIST; CONSULTATION; EUROPE; EXTUBATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART ARREST; INTENSIVE CARE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; RESUSCITATION; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CARDIOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TERMINAL CARE; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

ARGENTINA; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CARDIOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; RESUSCITATION ORDERS; TERMINAL CARE; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 65249174455     PISSN: 00257680     EISSN: 16699106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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